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Artcurial
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Artcurial is a French auction house founded in 2002 and headquartered in the Hotel Marcel Dassault on the Rond-Point des Champs-Elysees in Paris. It is one of the leading auction houses in continental Europe and is backed by the Dassault family.
The house conducts sales across some twenty specialist departments, including impressionist and modern art, post-war and contemporary art, old masters, design, comic strips, jewelry, watches, fine wine and spirits, and fashion. Its Artcurial Motorcars department is among the most prominent collector car auction operations in Europe, best known for its annual sale held during the Retromobile show in Paris, where it has achieved record results for classic Ferraris and other significant automobiles.
Beyond Paris, Artcurial holds sales and maintains a presence in Monaco, where it stages jewelry and watch auctions, and has representative offices in several European cities. The company also offers private sales, valuations, and estate advisory services alongside its public auctions.
Artcurial publishes its catalogues online and offers live online bidding through its website, alongside traditional room, telephone, and absentee bidding. The house positions itself as a French alternative to the Anglo-American duopoly in the international auction market, with particular strength in French artists, twentieth-century design, and European collector cars.
The house conducts sales across some twenty specialist departments, including impressionist and modern art, post-war and contemporary art, old masters, design, comic strips, jewelry, watches, fine wine and spirits, and fashion. Its Artcurial Motorcars department is among the most prominent collector car auction operations in Europe, best known for its annual sale held during the Retromobile show in Paris, where it has achieved record results for classic Ferraris and other significant automobiles.
Beyond Paris, Artcurial holds sales and maintains a presence in Monaco, where it stages jewelry and watch auctions, and has representative offices in several European cities. The company also offers private sales, valuations, and estate advisory services alongside its public auctions.
Artcurial publishes its catalogues online and offers live online bidding through its website, alongside traditional room, telephone, and absentee bidding. The house positions itself as a French alternative to the Anglo-American duopoly in the international auction market, with particular strength in French artists, twentieth-century design, and European collector cars.
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Artcurial is France's leading independent auction house, based in the Hotel Marcel Dassault on the Champs-Elysees in Paris. Its departments span fine art, design, jewelry, watches, wine, and fashion, and its Motorcars division stages one of Europe's most important collector car auctions each year at Retromobile.
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Founded
2002
Headquarters
Paris, France
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Artcurial has built one of the more credible European alternatives to the Anglo-American auction duopoly, and it has done so without pretending to be something it isn't: a distinctly French house with genuine strength in French art, twentieth-century design, and, notably, collector cars. Its Motorcars department, anchored by the annual Retromobile sale in Paris, has produced results, including record prices for classic Ferraris, that rival specialist car auctioneers rather than general fine-art houses that dabble in automobiles. Backing from the Dassault family and a Champs-Elysees address lend institutional weight, while some twenty specialist departments give the house a breadth that smaller regional auctioneers can't match. Its Monaco presence for jewelry and watches is a smart complement to its Paris base, tapping a different clientele without diluting focus. Artcurial is not going to displace Christie's or Sotheby's at the very top of the global market, but for European collectors, and especially those focused on French heritage or classic automobiles, it is a genuinely first-rate address.
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